"US Willing To Work With Iran" But John Kerry Claims ISIS Doesn't Have Ability To Overrun Baghdad

Despite Secretary of State John Kerry predicting today that Sunni militants in Iraq do not have the ability to overrun Baghdad, the Obama administration is willing to talk with Iran over deteriorating security conditions in Iraq and is not ruling out potential U.S.-Iranian military cooperation in stemming the advance of Sunni extremists. Speaking with Yahoo's Katie Kouric, Kerry confidently explained, "I don’t believe that they will in the near term certainly, and I don’t believe they necessarily can at all," overrun Baghdad or other major cities. Having "absolutely, unquestionably" denied that the turmoil in Iraq could have been prevented if US left a residual force, he somewhat shockingly submitted that the US is "open to any constructive process here [with Iran] that can minimize the violence, hold Iraq together, the integrity of the country and eliminate the presence of outside terrorist forces."

Baghdad not in trouble (well that's jinxed it)...

Secretary of State John Kerry predicted Monday that Sunni militants in Iraq do not have the ability to overrun Baghdad.

During an interview with Yahoo News, Kerry said he is “absolutely convinced” the U.S. Embassy there has the security to keeps U.S. personnel safe as a militants with the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have taken over a number of large cities in the country.

“I don’t believe that they will in the near term certainly, and I don’t believe they necessarily can at all,” he said of the group’s ability to take over the capital. “But that remains to be determined by the decision that are made over the course of the next few days.”

The Obama administration is willing to talk with Iran over deteriorating security conditions in Iraq and is not ruling out potential U.S.-Iranian military cooperation in stemming the advance of Sunni extremists, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday.

Kerry said the administration was open to any constructive process that would reduce violence.

“Let's see what Iran might or might not be willing to do before we start making any pronouncements,” Kerry told Yahoo News. “I think we are open to any constructive process here that can minimize the violence, hold Iraq together, the integrity of the country and eliminate the presence of outside terrorist forces.”

“We’re open to discussions if there is something constructive that can be contributed by Iran, if Iran is prepared to do something that is going to respect the integrity and sovereignty of Iraq and ability of the government to reform,” Kerry said.

Separately, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns may raise the issue with Iran when talks over that country’s nuclear program resume in Geneva on Wednesday.

We are sure that will all end well. Yes, you can keep your Nuclear Weapons (just promise not to thretane Israel more than 3 times per year) as long as you 'fix' Iraq...

Please, somebody, post links to something Kerry has done in the last 20 years that was original and beneficial to the average American.

I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important.

John's puttin' on his big boy pants and gettin' ready to go out hunt shells on Martha's Vineyard after a rough day on the back nine....then its roasted corn and clams at nine...and then its sex toys with mommy at 11.........

"Speaking with Yahoo's Katie Kouric, Kerry confidently explained, "I don’t believe that they will in the near term certainly, and I don’t believe they necessarily can at all," overrun Baghdad or other major cities."

Ground control to Major John.....is Mosul not the fifth largest city in Iraq, and with 1.7million residents larger than the 5th largest city in the US (Philadelphia...population 1.5million)?

What's the red-line here for 'major'? No tier 1 yacht club? No Heinz distributorship? Can't get a decent hot toddy at the Mosul Hilton? No direct flight to Marth's Vineyard?

Kerry will just bore them to death with his monotone drivel... I often wonder why we have such idiots in government, then realize that anyone with any brains would avoid elected / appointed positions like the plague...

As the worlds only Financial, Military & Political Superpower (for now)

- The US Leaders will not bow, apologize, beg, differ leadership in anything. The US Ego & Competitiveness even now prevents us from doing a normal military after action report or Review of Actions of our Foreign Policy, drone Policy, Hegemonic Policy, or policy of supporting tyrants & dictators. Dirty Wars are not new and the US Seems to have been involved in suppression of Democracy all over South American and the Middle East.

- Look at Dems & GOP in Washington DC you never see responsibility, honesty, transparency, openness, or any attempt to fix the problems, fictions, and frauds of the past. The US Intelligence Committees being a big part of this.

- We use Proxies to conduct foreign policy and to spy on all of the worlds people so why admit the tiniest transgression.

- Since we won't apologize or differ any leadership to Iran, MY GUESS IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN OR NEVER WORK PAST 30 Days.

If John Kerry says it, you should anticipate exactly the opposite happening. The man is an idiot. Besides, one should never underestimate the enemy under any circumstances.

Here is what I see happening. The US and Iran come to some sort of deal whereby Iranian forces deploy to Baghdad to defend the city. Then, ISIS forces begin advancing on the Embassy and the US launches an air raid that kills ISIS fighters but also kills Iranian soldiers. Then we have an entirely new problem on our hands.

We are already in the 1984 moment where the enemy and allies keep chaning so often it's hard to remember... it's only going to get worse. Demand of every elected official that we close all of our bases and bring our troops home. Freedom here starts with bringing everyone back to fight for it... They can go secure the border first. We have more nukes than we'll ever need to defend ourselves and the chances of terrorist attacks only increase with our support to Israel and Occupation/Manipulation of the Middle East.

What will surprise those who may already be surprised about the Dönmeh connection to Turkey, is the Dönmeh connection to the House of Saud in Saudi Arabia.

An Iraqi Mukhabarat (General Military Intelligence Directorate) Top Secret report, “The Emergence of Wahhabism and its Historical Roots,” dated September 2002 and released on March 13, 2008, by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency in translated English form, points to the Dönmeh roots of the founder of the Saudi Wahhabi sect of Islam, Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab. Much of the information is gleaned from the memoirs of a “Mr. Humfer,” (as spelled in the DIA report, “Mr. Hempher” as spelled the historical record) a British spy who used the name “Mohammad,” claimed to be an Azeri who spoke Turkish, Persian, and Arabic and who made contact with Wahhab in the mid-18th century with a view of creating a sect of Islam that would eventually bring about an Arab revolt against the Ottomans and pave the way for the introduction of a Jewish state in Palestine. Humfer’s memoirs are recounted by the Ottoman writer and admiral Ayyub Sabri Pasha in his 1888 work, “The Beginning and Spreading of Wahhabism.”

In his book, The Dönmeh Jews, D. Mustafa Turan writes that Wahhab’s grandfather, Tjen Sulayman, was actually Tjen Shulman, a member of the Jewish community of Basra, Iraq. The Iraqi intelligence report also states that in his book, The Dönmeh Jews and the Origin of the Saudi Wahhabis, Rifat Salim Kabar reveals that Shulman eventually settled in the Hejaz, in the village of al-Ayniyah what is now Saudi Arabia, where his grandson founded the Wahhabi sect of Islam. The Iraqi intelligence report states that Shulman had been banished from Damascus, Cairo, and Mecca for his “quackery.” In the village, Shulman sired Abdul Wahhab. Abdel Wahhab’s son, Muhammad, founded modern Wahhabism.

The Iraqi report also makes some astounding claims about the Saud family. It cites Abdul Wahhab Ibrahim al-Shammari’s book, The Wahhabi Movement: The Truth and Roots, which states that King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, the first Kingdom of Saudi Arabia monarch, was descended from Mordechai bin Ibrahim bin Moishe, a Jewish merchant also from Basra. In Nejd, Moishe joined the Aniza tribe and changed his name to Markhan bin Ibrahim bin Musa. Eventually, Mordechai married off his son, Jack Dan, who became Al-Qarn, to a woman from the Anzah tribe of the Nejd. From this union, the future Saud family was born.

Beware of Persians bearing gifts. Ahmadinejad and Rouhani have been studying under Putin and now they know how to play this just right. Iran will "offer its assitance," keep the peace (relatively speaking) in Iraq, then tell the war-weary Americans "You guys can go on home now, we got this one--oh, but we could use a few hundred billion in foreign aid to cover expenses," and then they'll own the place.

Who needs suicide bombers and hijacked airliners when you can just get the pitiful giant to hand the world over to you?

So let's see, now we negotiate with terrorists and trade them 5 for 1. And the Iranians are our buddies. The Commander in Chief announces to ISIS not to worry, no ground opposition is forthcoming. The IRS is allowed to lose critical email records like Nixon's Watergate tape gap with little fallout. The Fed is allowed to create money out of thin air to buy whatever they want and leave interest rates at zero for as long as they want . Student debt can be repudiated after a set period of time.

it's all coming together nicely now, with iraq finally about to welcome?, and invite with open arms?, the great satan. and, with iran knowing now (perhaps it isn't to late for iran and iraq to tell bush inc & co., to go and fuck themselves) that the matrix is flashing RED!!!

a two-fer if iraq let's the exceptionalist in their back yard via iran.

has anyone notice how quiet NK has been lately... because there's black clouds overhead, and it's not a natural tsunami?

if i was to advise Iran i would just tell them "IT'S A TRAP !!!!!!!!!!"

All the USA has done in the past 35 years is try and fuck you up and now they need your help , you guys can't be that stupid and fall for that shit . Sit back and get some popcorn and stay the fuck out .

active common law court cases against queen elizabeth and child raping south american popes.

time and money runs.

maps always about the maps.

deal with iran backroom bonanaza

iraq cut up into 3

a redrawing of the maps.

chatham rothschild house style.

israels stays silent cos day in on der fucking whole war is a racket

The following map was prepared by Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Peters. It was published in the Armed Forces Journal in June 2006, Peters is a retired colonel of the U.S. National War Academy. (Map Copyright Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Peters 2006).Although the map does not officially reflect Pentagon doctrine, it has been used in a training program at NATO’s Defense College for senior military officers.

Well, you know, if you can't even get a website up and runnning in ENGLISH, then it should logically follow that controlling a country whose language you can't even say hello in should be a piece of cake. Now carrying this a bit further - it should THEN be extremely easy controlling an entire region whose languages, cultures, and alliances are a total mystery to you to the extent that you are nearly clueless. Our entire foreign policy can be summed up thusly - "The less we know, the better things will turn out - 'cuz were 'Mericans...."

How odd that now Iran wants to help Iraq. How perverse that we want Iran to help. How twisted that we are giving arms and supplies to the group now trying to take Baghdad, because we wanted to knock off Assad, who was the only one protecting Christians in Syria.

Iran certainly remembers that war. They want to keep the anti-Baathist government in power. The Bushobama still views them as their puppet and wants to keep them too. Neither of them cares what happens to the Arab population.

Purging the Christians from Iraq & Syria is a zionist project. Decades ago they hoped they'd all move to Lebanon and become zionists. Now the 'they hate you because you're free and/or different' nonsense doesn't work when there are millions of non-Muslims living there. So they want to bring that number closer to "zero".

When (not if) Baghdad falls, there will be total panic. Millions of Shiite refugees will be streaming across the border into Iran. Iran will be in total panic as well. It will be really funny if Israel did a nuke strike on Iran, and this allowed ISIS to take Iran as well, behead all the Shia, and institute a Universal Caliphate. Then the Saudi Royal Family would be next. They would get beheaded by the monster they created.

We have no way of knowing what will happen "with Baghdad."
We can "project" something towards it but the only thing we can say is that we will know. (and we will have to wait to find out. the greatest truth of all?)
Hopefully in knowing that we will know there is a plan.
If all we're doing is "going with the flow" then we're the one's with the problem.
What we see as happening can be construed as "existential" (the Secretary of State's words)...or, it can be seen "as is"...not "of being" but as in fact observable,observed, in fact being...nothing existential at all actually. "A mass of life...simply living." Dramatic...but also just a point in time.

That's the beauty of a "Metroprolis." (Baghdad quite possibly being first actually.) There is simply no way of knowing...but our "projections" will be seen for what they are...just projections. "The City" will respond as well.

My personal view is that calibrating one's thoughts to how one thinks "the mass" will respond when "shaken not stirred" (and that events are shaken, not stirred) is what it means to be chief diplomat. to not only not be surprised but to show your thinking about it..."your hand" as it were...and have that thinking be spot on too. to be dispositive in one's "projections" and "towards others" not just the self.

everything begins with informing one's "self." but not everything is a Manichean Struggle...a Great Final Battle!...indeed...most of the time this is never the case. So while the "projection" may be dramatic...and indeed in this case it is...you still need at a minimum a kernal of truth. (the most important of which is that truth in fact exists and that you understand this.)

We might be able to create an existential crisis (The "Waffen SS", the "Red Army", Stalingrad!) But the art lies in connecting what you see (the projection) to the "feelings" that are being expressed. "Not just the clanking of the armor." (although that can be part of it...and in this instance, as with Ukraine...indeed...appears to be.)

Will Baghdad rally? Will it explode?

Who knows.
To what extent are we here in the "New Media" involved in it is an interesting question however.
"Their crisis may be our crisis too."

Perhaps this is a simple matter of DISCLOSURE for this to be understood?

That indeed all of us "humans" are in fact connected...and not just by an "internet" but some type of actual "device" or "monitor."

I pretty much believed the Shia are too well entenched in Baghdad to be booted out by the nomadic nutjobs. Plus it's a very large city, difficult to hold. However, if this is also the view of Mr. Ketchup, I must be wrong.

Looking at that map, there are a lot of Sunnis out there, in Pakistan and Turkey and Afghanistan and Syria and Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and Yemen and the UAE. Yes, I know they're not "ISIS" Sunnis. Will that matter? I could picture a lot of their ardent young men, seeing this as a glorious cause to join just now.

- People seek wealth, so they commit crime, so they pay lobbying or campaign dollars to politicians, so they contribute to paying entrance fees for supreme court members to university classes, and brilliant Americans get offers for careers in banks, corporations, NSA/CIA/Intelligence, and US Justice System...typically recruited out of Universities or College

-Humanism is an approach to government, we regulate, we put in checks and balances, we monitor, and we become activists who oppose major political players, like us congressmen, like heads of USA Departments, like people that make business and accounting standard vulnerable, we fight corruption by seeing the problem of corrupt independent accounting agencies, and US Rations Agencies.

Question:

BTW: Who is going after the Accountants, Who is going after the Ratings Agencies, Who is getting the Independent Accounting Firms.. Someone has to do it!!